Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-12

Shepard. Washington: WIN. Baliantyns son
THE sToRr OF the AMERICAN. INDIAN. 4is
ELsRIDok 8. BsooEs. Boston: D. Lothfop I Co.
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ChDOrof0rM Tor Sleeplsssness.
An xSGLIsHMANs ExYHnraNos WIFE rn1 pzAptY
DRUG sknvDs ~ WANING.
From the St James 0a4etts.
Some four years ago suffered considerable snx.
iety. had bought some railway shares at Q very
low price; my broker told me that had ''only got
TO lock up the stun and sit down upon It; all had
to 90 was not to be IN too great hurry 10 take ny
pronts" followed his advice; but my stock
went lower and lower. and, a. It was q non-divi.
dend-paying one, I found myself In STRATA Dur.
Ing the day it didn't trouble me much; but an
night long used to lie ana think about my losssa
AZ things got worse my seeplessness increased.
vi course, know 1t couldn't actually have been
ortntShs and them me aa sepG az az IU[
troubles In q smart attack OF face ache. 30 went
10 my dentist, who looked into my mouth ana
said: There Is nothing can do for sou; but can
relieve the pain at night, al give you few COM
PORTABLE hours rest, AZ all events" I jumped ct
OF mine, the dentist went on TO say, ~ shouldn't
Then he took little bottle, and with Q small
.ne
he said, "when you 60 to bed pour the chioroforin
upon the center Of folded handkerchief, lie upon
your SIDE on the edge OF your pillow, and inhale
the drug, carefully Keeping your mouth closed.
snf away at 1t just as Il IL were smelling salts;
the pain will disappear, and you will sleep like
Now I longed for night. When It arrived
jumped into bed thirsttng for sleep, and carefully
gas took the folded handkerchief, emptied the
contents OF the little bottle upon its center laid
and g
rected Gradually, yet rapidly, q feeling Of druw.
siness erept upon me. First seemed % be look.
Darkness seemed softly Illuminated BY minute
points OF light like distant sLars Presently the
light Of these stars became more intense, ana /
noticed that they were arranged In tnnumerable
parallel rows Il gave me Q strange pleasure 70
gaze upon them. Now the pain in my face dis.
y the ss,ps seemed TO grow
began TO revolve at the same instant. ga1ed 1T
them lthis. ~ any rate. was the sensatiohl with
ga1ed they revolved still more rapidly; then
heard pumng noise. which increased In rapidity,
exactly resembling the sound made ey distant
Deep tranquil, drsamless sleep, which lasted all
the night. In the morning woke greatly re-
one sound nights rest had done one me a. imnen.s
amount OF good. Ny mind no ionger dwet pain
fully upon my miserable trouble 1 could face the
parativeiy happy man, and went on with my or.
binary avocations in a half 1ubiant state.
ESt again taaS nisn' sleep avoided me- icounted
TO picture In my minds eye an lnnumerable sue
cession OK sheep jumping over hurdle. tired 70
MOI ming came to nnd me stu weary ana waIeul,
and so Resolved TO call again upon my friend the
dentist. did 50. But my visit was not altogether
sternly refused fresh supplies Cnlorororn, he
said, was dangerous drug; TO use It once was ali
ven enough; the habit Of taxing IL was worse tnan
bowed me out OF the room.
indignantly marched 70 the nearest chemists
II / had been demanding q black drauSnt. Toe
chemist inquired II l were q medical man, and on
my replying In the negative declined TO supply
With the ike result How tas alas
AZ last Is neither here nor tnere but BY the exef-
else OF some Ingenuity became possessed Of a
glass measure graduated In drops. And now
found myself IN possession OF a panacea more
% Or Or az
sleep, and went on doing 80. uncon-
continued IN this course. The habit had mastered
me from the fist. Tbis Il an honest confession
and not sermon, ana am bound to state that
the only Inconvenience ever experienced was O
slight feeling OF nausea In the morning. Two dis
tinct desires irreslstlbly prompted me-the one an
intense longing for seep and refuge from mental
sensations which the Inhalation OF the drug In.
variaDly produced. Ny subsequent experiences in
this aspect were very ike TO the FIRST Une would
fancy myself stretched In luxurious enjoyment
upon soft silken coucn, gazing upon q wall up
hoisuered like the interior or nrsL-class railway
satin OF delicate texture and the softest colOrs on
which the eye delighted TO dwell. After while
the little buttons on the wan would gradu-
rotate, slowly at irst but with rapidly Increasing
velocity. AS they grew larger and brighter, sweet
the sound Of the engine leaving the station. and
sank away In sleep. The Illusions were always
peasant, and generally more delightful TO the
sort Of Keeling as OF The gratilcatlon of violent
curiosity. As soon Is innaled the drug the anti.
ctpaLion OF some delight III vision came over me,
and was never disappointed. TIE visions were
always beautiful; often complicated, sometimes
exceedingly minute; generaiiy In monochrome,
but often In the most Brilliant colors. What saw
always appeared At FIRST In d state Of rest; but
regular and Increasing motion Was developed, the
pictures became more vivid, the pufflng noise In
varia6iy supervened, followed by sound and undls-
BY TINS time the habit had taken such a hold
upon me that during the daytime could think OF
the Desired effect tue dose had been slowly In.
creased: was now 1nhaing regularly sixty drops
every night.
had not become engaged 70 Do married. My Two
future brUtners-tn-Iaw invited me TO accompany
them IN a boating party on the Upper Thames. I
snould DC deprived for one whole week, at least OF
my favorite urug. detection In such In .uigences
would certainly break on ths marriage. lIwould
drop Of my divine elixir. was quite out Of prac-
tice IN sculiing, and at Nighttime lay down to
rest tired Is dog and dead beat That was my
salvation. l slept like TOP, and have never In.
hailed a single drOp OF chlorOform since.
i Know 4 good deal more about IL now than did
then. ! know now that had snliIou In my slo
on 70 my face might nave been sunocated, and
probably should have been. ! know now that had
voniuny taken place-and Il Is one OF the com.
monest results Of the Inhalation OF the drux-there
WAS every Likelihood or q similar result I know.
too, that with Q slightly larger dose there was
every chance or my being found dead IN my bed.
II this confession should draw but single tndi-
viduai from the dangerous path used TO tread,
shall not have altogether failed OF my object 10
ssripuOn In plain unvarnisned language OF my
sensations being anxious not TO exsgxsrate them
In any way. And AL that remains 70 be said II
that the Inhalation or cnoror0rm the most fatSi
Of all sucn habits, and the drug tseIf Is the most
treacherous and subtle Of the narcotics that fool
,sh people indulge In.
Underground Wires In Great britain,
From the New York Firs and Water
some very interesting facts concerning under.
ground wires In Great Britain were given recently
by H. W. Preece, In paper read before the So
ciety OF Arts. I'm London alone" he said, 1--WE
have 225 miles Of pipe. containing 10 212 miles OF
wire. In TACT al our great trunk lines are out Of
danger OF stoppage from stormA We have s6e
miles OF open wire included within the metrupoli.
tan area, but these are cniefy In the suburba and
Include long outlying sections, used eather for
police OF nre brigade wires or ror private persons.
there are 213 ofaces In London now served wholly
BY buried WIRE" It appears that In 1885 there
were In The United Kingdom "a, 426 miles OF over
head telegraph lines, embracing $50 $50 miles OF